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Academic Integrity In The Light Of Online Exams ? Study Case

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  • Irina-Denisa Munteanu

    (Faculty of Cybernetics, Bucharest Academy)

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Education has been affected, undoubtedly, by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this difficult context, for all the agents involved, both challenges and opportunities can be identified that will definitively change the way the teaching-learning-assessment activities are carried out. A less addressed research issue is that of the last stage of the educational process, the evaluation of students. The COVID-19 pandemic created an environment conducive to a higher rate of exam fraud, and teachers devoted more time to preparing subjects to reduce the possibility of cheating. Thus, academic integrity has been questioned. This study is designed to obtain an estimate of the extant of cheating in online exams from the perspective of business students. The results, based on a sample of 129 grades received by undergraduate students from a statistic course, indicate that 16% of students have been able to resolve only the problem that was identical to all students and not the random problem, even if the algorithm was similar. Using Student t-test, there is a significant difference between the cheating students™ grades and honest students™ grades. These results may represent a new direction for professors to reconsider online exams.

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  • Irina-Denisa Munteanu, 2021. "Academic Integrity In The Light Of Online Exams ? Study Case," Management Strategies Journal, Constantin Brancoveanu University, vol. 54(4), pages 37-43.
    • Handle: RePEc:brc:journl:v:54:y:2021:i:4:p:37-43
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    Keywords

    education; academic integrity; online exams; COVID-19;
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    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • I29 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Other

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